Lights out, spot on!
The funky Bullmark Rockbat vinyi is pure disco with his
golden glimmer arms & legs.
C’mon, put your dancin’ shoes on !
more disco: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?4,199849
After Eriks fantastic Jumbo Pegas.
Here’s the Nakajima Pegas ST* version.
The robot with the ultra fragile nose.
* I’m not 100% sure about his correct name . Is it a ST or DX version.
1978 Takemi Ramble Giant. You love his style or hate it.
The anachronistic tin-robot-look of his body is very special.
I like him.
When you see this pile of boxes, what do you think?
Well, boxes with big white stickers.
But THIS was the vain attempt to invade germany with chogokins
in the early 70ties.
Popy, Takatoku etc boxes where “localized” with simple stickers.
There are Ark, early Bandai boxes that are much better “localized” for the
german market. After the big success of Captain Future in the early 80ties
in germany Popy released german boxed versions of their CF toys.
Sorry Matt, no spectacular german box design ;-)
Mattel’s Shoguns are guilty. They transform me
into an addicted robot collector. All my childhood
memories flashed back, when I found that boxed
Shogun Warriors Dragun in the early 90ties.
I must have them all!
Well, after many years I still didn’t reach that goal…
…but this Daimos 2in1 is another important step forward for me.
Got him last week from france.
Parlez vous francais Monsieur Daimos?
Shogun Warriors Mania: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?4,199412
Bullmark Blazer Zink Kit
All you need is a screwdriver…
sorry…again Bullmark.
more fotos etc: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?4,199171
No more holidays without your best friends.
Have fun with Diapolon, Trang, Header & Legger at the beach.
Easy to transport in this handy Bullmark Travel Case ;-)
Bullmark rocks!!
I’ve always loved the various large carrier vehicles, airplanes, and space ships in many TV series, both animated and live-action. As a kid I always thought there were too few toys made of such carriers. Who wouldn’t have loved to have an Autobot space shuttle play set, a Battlestar Galactica, or one of those cool motherships from various animated series? Sadly, those that we did get in the Netherlands tended to be horribly underdetailed and inaccurate, often having weird proportions and being only vaguely recognisable as the original. The good ones were very expensive and from somewhat before my time.
Fast forward a few years, bring on the internet, and bring on me starting collecting toy robots. I discover a lot of those motherships and carriers actually had pretty nice toys in Japan. (more…)
The last of the truly vintage 1/55 Hi-Metal Macross Valkyrie toys, the VF-1S Super Valkyrie (Roy color scheme) released by Bandai in 1990 has a bit of a reputation with Macross fans as being inferior to previous releases. The main reason for this are some relatively major mold changes. Due to this, this toy remains somewhat unloved and is probably one of the cheapest vintage Valkyries available, usually selling for not much more than the more recent Super Valkyrie re-releases on Yahoo Auctions Japan (around 10k yen).
But is this reputation justified? This I want to explore in this review. Now I must say it straightaway: I like the more controversial changes. However, there are some other minor problems that may cause your mileage to vary, and that actually tarnish the toy more than the mold changes that are often so despised.
Let’s start with the box:
